Hi Christian: I looked at your bug page and saw no suggestions of any use other than commenting out the particular patch. I did see a lot of irate overseas users though! 'grin' After your posting this morning I did think of a couple of ideas for oleviating the problem though. It will take me a few days to try it. Kirk -- Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario phone: (519) 661-3061